“... However, it seems the Septuagint translation tried to turn back the wheel by translating קדשׁ in the Hezekiah and Josiah narratives with ἁγνίζω, a word with clear cultic overtones. It appears that the Septuagint translator(s) engaged in the same discourse about the status of the Levites that was given expression in the developments from the Holiness Legislation through Chronicles. But, an opposite position was taken in Septuagint Chronicles. My contention is that the use of ἁγνίζω was deliberate to cut down the Levites to their cultic size again. I also maintain that the translator(s) noticed that the Chronicler was leading his readers into a direction to believe that Levites, on account of their greater dedication to the torah of Yahweh, were actually more holy than the Aaronide priests. The Septuagint translator(s) wanted to return to a more essentialistic understanding of the Levites’ position, in opposition to the Masoretic Text Chronicler’s more relational understanding. ...”